In an industry first, the Singapore lender has completed a S$4.8 million trade finance settlement for Super Steel. There are now two more such deals in the pipeline
No-code platforms – where the users need no developer skills to create apps – are getting serious. DB has partnered with one to digitise part of its corporate banking services in Indonesia
Standard Chartered has agreed to back the digital platform Contour - formerly Voltron - which has its eye on modernising the $18 trillion trade finance market
Standard Chartered has taken on a 30-year banking veteran – who has worked across Europe, the US and Asia – to head up its global trade business in Singapore
It’s not only one of the world’s biggest infrastructure projects, but one of the world’s biggest paradoxes. Could debt and geopolitical problems make it an investment dream yet?